It’s refreshing to see an anti-accommodationist piece like the one published by Ross Pomeroy in Real Clear Science: “Will science drive religion extinct?” The piece violates Betteridge’s Law of Headlines (“Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no“), for Pomeroy’s answer is clearly “yes.” He first adduces data that religion is on the wane not just in America, but throughout the Western world:

And then, looking for a cause, Pomeroy says: “While a variety of factors are likely at play, I’d like to focus on what may be the most significant contributor: science.” One of the other causes, of course, is because much of the world is becoming more prosperous, and…